Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31398341-20170409101440/@comment-31398341-20170420071411

Jinx666 wrote: Its typing isn't so bad that it hinders yanmega honestly

Sure, that rock weakness, but yanmega can tank an Ice punch from mega lopunny, but even then it doesn't need to cause it outspeeds after one turn. It can OHKO common meta Pokémon,

I also run ancient power for ice\fire types (mainly for charizards) so that i can still be very much feared, and for boost chances

The only problem it has its steel types and stealth rocks, but that's for another Pokémon out of the 5 to sort out, as yanmega can switch out easily and still set up

Imo i think he should be around A-. While Yanmega is a viable pokemon, A- is a stretch, Yanmega is mostly outclassed by Blaziken as a speed boost user, which has more damage output, base power of the moves (High Jump Kick and Flare Blitz), better offensive typing and movepool. Yanmega is mostly specifically use against the pokemon with type disadvantage. It actually does not do well against the meta, which is full of Aegislash, Cloyster, Mega Salamence and common steel types. To illustrate, it does not do well against more than half of the A- to S rank pokemon. It is also extremely frail on special side, which means any decent special attackers will KO it. Moreover, without Speed Boost, it is not that fast. It is also forced to run Protect due to its frailty. This comes with a disadvantage bc it can be a setup bait sometimes.

Overall, it falls short of A-ranks. It does not do well in 1v1 against many pokemon. If it were to rank in A-, I would compare it to Mega Pinsir, which has access to powerful priority and Swords Dance. It also has a high attack. Furthermore, it can use Superpower or Close Combat to beat steel types, which Yanmega cannot do. I would rank it B-.

Yanmega : Unranked >>> B-